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From: Bob Johnson <stest033@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu>
To: Jacob Rhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>,
	harsha godavari <h.godavari@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: multiple_file_downloading
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:17:51 -0400
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On Tuesday 15 October 2002 10:05 pm, Jacob Rhoden appears to have=20
written:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:07, harsha godavari wrote:
> > FreeBSD 2.11 is available from ftp://moe.2bsd.com/pub/2.11BSD.
> >
> > Unfortunatly, there are several hundred small files in this
> > directory.At present I am using Netscape and shift_clicking on each
> > name is slow and painful :-) .
>
> Based on the above information, from a command prompt interface in
> either windows, or FreeBSD, go into the directory you want the files
> in (using the cd command) then type the following:
>
> ftp moe.2bsd.com<enter>
> anonymous<enter>
> myemail@somedomain.com<enter>
> cd /pub/2.11BSD/<enter>
> mget *<enter>
> y<enter>y<enter>..............................y<enter>
> quit<enter>
>

If you issue the "prompt" command first, it will turn off (actually=20
toggle) prompting, so you don't have to answer "y" hundreds=20
of times.

I.E. log in with ftp, then issue

> binary
> prompt
> cd /pub/2.11BSD
> mget *
> quit

or something like that depending on the responses you get from the=20
server.

- Bob

> Hopefully this helps a bit. Your screen should look something like
> this:
>
> jrhoden@elkanah# ftp moe.2bsd.com
> Connected to moe.2bsd.com.
> 220 moe.2bsd.com FTP server (BSDI Version 7.00LS) ready.
> Name (moe.2bsd.com:jrhoden): anonymous
> 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password.
> Password:
> 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
> ftp> cd /pub/2.11BSD
> 250 CWD command successful.
> ftp> mget *
> mget 1? y
>
>
>
> Jacob Rhoden            Phone: +61 3 9844 6102
> ITS Division            Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au
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